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A historic marker was dedicated Monday morning in Oxford's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park in honor of two Black men who were lynched in the late 1800s.
Community Green, an Oxford neighborhood located just off Molly Barr Road, was recently named a historic site by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
James Meredith, who desegregated the University of Mississippi in 1962, was honored with a historical marker on Dec 20.
A two-sided historical marker dedicated at Woodside Cemetery in Oxford on Saturday recognizes the history of the cemetery while noting it as the final resting place of one of the community’s ...
A historical marker being unveiled Monday recognizes and tells the story of two such men from Butler County: Henry Corbin (Jan. 14, 1892) and Simeon Garnet (Sept. 3, 1877) of Oxford.
Oxford Township will honor its past with historical markers to be placed throughout the township in the coming years. It will start with a marker honoring Detroit Tiger Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, who ...
A new historical marker has been unveiled in the hometown of Black civil rights icon James Meredith. It honors the man who fought white supremacy by integrating the University of Mississippi in 1962.
Historic Commission members and alumni gathered Nov. 12 to dedicate historic markers at three former one-room school houses in Upper Oxford – Oak Grove, Maple Plain and Pleasant View schools.
A civil rights historical marker in Mississippi showing information about Emmett Till was vandalized, a public relations official said Monday.
A nearly 180-year-old church building in Oxford, Mississippi went up in flames Saturday night, the Lafayette County Fire Department said in a news release.